Taxa erroneously attributed to the Palaearctic osmiine bees

Female of Osmia (Melanosmia) pilicornis Smith, 1847 opening a flower bud of Pulmonaria (Boraginaceae) by force (right) in order to scratch pollen out of the narrow flower tube with the aid of hooked bristles on the galeae of the proboscis (right). Fotos A. Müller.